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Solo Flight (Charlie Byrd album)

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Released
  
1964

Length
  
34:24

Artist
  
Charlie Byrd

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Recorded
  
1964 New York City

Solo Flight (1964)
  
Brazilian Byrd (1965)

Release date
  
1964

Genre
  
Jazz

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Solo Flight is an album by American jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Many fans of more progressive jazz will find this all a bit conservative, but Byrd fans happily note that his best work has a timeless quality. Solo Flight easily fits into that category.

Track listing

  1. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 2:42
  2. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:46
  3. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:28
  4. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:26
  5. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:25
  6. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 2:40
  7. "Tears" (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) - 3:21
  8. "Nocturne" (Franz Liszt) - 3:45
  9. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:40
  10. "Blue Mobile" (Charlie Byrd) - 3:53
  11. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will J. Harris, Victor Young) - 1:18

Personnel

  • Charlie Byrd - guitar

    • Songs

    1Am I Blue2:43
    2Easy Living3:47
    3House of the Rising Sun3:28

    References

    Solo Flight (Charlie Byrd album) Wikipedia
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